Marmorana serpentina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra
Family:
Helicidae
Genus:
Marmorana
Species:
M. serpentina
Binomial name
Marmorana serpentina
(Férussac, 1821)
Synonyms
  • Helix cenestinensis Crosse & Debeaux, 1869
  • Helix serpentina A. Férussac, 1821 (original combination)
  • Helix serpentina var. panormitana Benoit, 1857 (junior synonym)
  • Marmorana (Marmorana) serpentina (A. Férussac, 1821)· accepted, alternate representation

Marmorana serpentina is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae.[1]

Subadult
Subspecies
  • Marmorana serpentina carae (Cantraine, 1840)
  • Marmorana serpentina circeja (Kobelt, 1903)
  • Marmorana serpentina hospitans (Rossmässler, 1836)
  • Marmorana serpentina isarae (Paulucci, 1882)
  • Marmorana serpentina isilensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1848)
  • Marmorana serpentina jaspidaea (Moquin-Tandon, 1855)
  • Marmorana serpentina serpentina (A. Férussac, 1821)

Distribution

This species of snail occurs in the area of Alghero, in western Sardinia; also in Corsica.

Love dart of Marmorana serpentina

Anatomy

This snail creates and uses love darts as part of its mating behavior.

References

  1. ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Marmorana serpentina (A. Férussac, 1821). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1049685 on 2021-06-24
  • Benoit, C. L. (1857-1862). Illustrazione sistematica critica iconografica de'testacei estramarini della Sicilia ulteriore e delle isole circostanti. I-XVI, 1-248, Tav. I-IX, XI-XII [Part 1 pp. I-XVI, 1-52 (1857 [sic]); Part 2 pp. 53–116 (1857); Part 3 pp. 117–180 (1859); Part 4 pp. 181–248 (1862)]. Napoli. (Nobile).
  • Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017
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